Posted on 02/01/2021 4:43:53 PM PST by Daffynition
My how times have changed in our households. Modern appliances and other inventions have afforded us conveniences that our predecessors didn’t have. Don’t you sometimes wonder what things were like a century or two ago?
Explore the past by looking at these vintage wares and try to figure out what they were used for. Some of these objects were more common during certain historical periods, or in particular parts of the world. Though they all share the same status of being antiques, you may find one or two of these items still in use.
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Oh I’d be dead then....heart....likely mid 40s
Timing light. Still have one, Craftsman in chrome.
Points and condenser.
Me too...I’ve got a 67 Chevy with a distributor.
Although I don’t think I’ve done a tune-up since I rebuilt the engine in 2012...couple thousand miles a year LOL.
I believe it was manufactured right here in Franklin TN.
The old factory is now a shopping/restaurant venue with an auditorium.
Of course it’s called Thd Factory.
The last few days I've been replacing the heater core and blower motor...and everything else I find along the way. Having to figure out the way it was supposed to work and go together...before he 'fixed' it. I understand that technology, horrible as some of it is.
Timing strobe.
I try to keep my distance.
Looks like a stove designed by people who cook - or love someone who cooks. The stuff we have now assumes 4 kids, dinner parties or a visiting chef.
Why can’t people who design kitchen appliances geared toward family size? It’s not like new stoves last 30 years... sometimes not even 8 years...
Probably a good thing. Just one more example of toxic patriarchy.
It’s the same with built-in obsolescent in stoves, dishwashers and refrigerators. If our appliances are only going to last 8 years - design them for family size and use. No reason to go with ‘one size fits all’ if a stove only last 8 years.
The antique stove in the pictures (with a few safety modifications) would be perfect for a senior. Air fryer to the left - warming box, small over and a few burners.
Or as you point out - they could give us quality that last a lifetime. My Dad had a central AC unit that lasted almost 40 years. I’m lucky if mine last 12 years. I mentioned that to an AC repairman and he said, ‘yeah, but those systems didn’t have all the bells and whistles...’ Fine. Offer both. Let the customer decide. I would happily do without all the ‘bells and whistles’... for a unit that would last 40 years - not 12...
So you have something to curse at as well as to figure out you cannot correctly use a dwell tachometer
My grandmother’s rolling pin handles still have faint traces of that light green paint they used to use on kitchenware in the 30s and 40s. There’s also a scorch mark from resting it too close to the stove burner. Those old maple pins are hard as rock.
When we sold my mom’s house, after she passed, her Kelvinator was still running like a charm; I think it was 60 y/o; and ran flawlessly 24/7. Also a 50-60 y/o GE chest freezer in the basement. Another dinosaur that refused to die. :)
They surely don’t make ‘em like they used to.
Also, my mom’s.
When I look at that rolling pin, I think of the hundreds of pie crusts she rolled out, for her delicious apple pies, that she shared with everyone!
Somehow, her talent for making flaky pie crust was never, sadly, automatically handed down to me. But I keep trying. :)
We had one in the 80’s!
I will; when the time is right.
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